tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49484484859944739782024-03-13T00:01:22.253-07:00"It's Them! Blast 'Em!"BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-91053700979651396282021-12-03T22:27:00.002-08:002021-12-03T22:27:53.155-08:00 It's Been Too Damn Long...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">... so time to restart things here...</span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">So let's start with a small drumfire barrage of various and sundry pics of some of my more recent Warhammer 40,000 *Rogue Trader* kitbashes I've built since my last post waaaay too long ago...</span></b><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhybTZLb8AZcFSlFVkwitUheKfxL_I10qQpRgZKU7sGgiIrL-Z0qStysG-OiqVMHbxN8s2WkwojIfeEVE_ClsQMmU0zR2lQ0j2vo7ZZCBHaD2aHtsZyLY9GwPPFa_slEr-aNHV26ugV9YbpH5FRGd9U_C4p0DWprSevN5JhiS5PluvwpEw0p-j4vDYxmQ=s1512" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And more to come.....</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-5772277288461200362020-01-06T03:04:00.001-08:002020-01-06T03:04:55.714-08:00Recycling With a Vengeance! 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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Moving right along, here are my Chars de Cavalerie of the French Army of May-June 1940. These are the SOMUA S35 and the chars legere Hotchkiss H35 and H38/39. The later two light tanks are easily differentiated one from the other by the engine deck. The older H35 had a smaller, less powerful engine which resulted in the noticeably sloped rear engine compartment deck. The more powerful and larger powerplant fitted to the H38/39 resulted in a more boxy engine compartment with a level engine deck. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A further upgrade to the little Hotchkiss tanks was the fitting of the longer barreled and slightly more powerful 37mm weapon, replacing the WW1-vintage 37mm 18SA weapon found on the majority of the French Army's light tanks in 1940. The long 37mm guns were initially fitted to the tanks of platoon and company commanders, and began to filter down through the ranks as production rolled along with the H38/39. Older H35s were retrofitted with the longer barreled weapon as well near the end of the French Campaign in June 1940, however by then the older, slower H35 was being replaced entirely by the faster, better engined H38/39 model. Further, by June of 1940 the majority of H35s had been lost in the fighting against the invading German Army, due to a combination of combat attrition, or abandonment due to a lack of fuel or mechanical failure.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">These models are a mix of RAFM Miniatures white metal kits of 1990s vintage (and still quite decent little models at a fair price), and the latest S-Model fast build plastic kits from China. The later are really beautifully detailed, but due to the use of photo-etched brass detailing parts, can be a bit fiddly to build. Even so, the S-Model tanks come two to a box and at a very decent price indeed from various China-based EBay sellers, so they're worth a go, and because they make both early and late production run H35s, they're the best source for this relatively rare and unique subject that was a major part of the French Army's tank strength in the 1e DLM that fought so bravely and well against the panzers of Germany's Army Group B during the Gembloux Gap battles in May 1940: </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">S-Model H35s. The rearmost of the pair has the longer barreled 37mm gun. The anti-armor performance of the shorter 18SA weapon was extremely poor, and unfortunately the longer barreled weapon was not much of an improvement in terms of armor penetration. However fighting other tanks was not the idea behind the design of these little two-man light tanks. Like the infantry's Renault R35, the Hotchkiss design was based off of the WW1-vintage Renault FT-17. Therefore the point and purpose of the machine was infantry support, and their armament was designed with this in mind, the main enemy being opposing dug-in infantry machine gun positions where a high explosive round rather than an armor piercing projectile was in order.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Rank and file H35 with the short 37mm 18SA "trench gun" of WW1 design. These old weapons were taken from decommissioned Renault FT17s and fitted into the APX-1 turrets used on both the H35 and the Renault R35 as their main armament. A 7.5mm Reibel MAC31 light machine gun fitted coaxially to the cannon completed the armament of these two-man light tanks. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>S-Model H38 showing off the two-part engine exhaust muffler. The outer sheathing is actually one of the photo-etched brass parts that comes with the kit. It's a flat rectangle, so you have to bend the fussy little thing around a nail or other suitable solid round object to get the curve just right before gluing it to the plastic muffler part. I also had to replace the two outer support struts on the unditching tail when they broke with lengths of nylon brush bristles. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Good top view of the rear engine deck on the older RAFM Miniatures H39. The tarp roll is cast on the hull. The whole kit consists of seven parts including the two different gun barrel options.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> RAFM MINIATURES H39 sporting a more elaborate camouflage scheme. While not as colorful as their H35 forbears, there were still some H38/39s that received a more artistic treatment than the usual Army Green and drab brown fare.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3/4 rear view. The insignia are a mix of Aleran and other decals from my spares box, some of them dating back to the 1990s. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> SOMUA S35 cavalry tanks. These three-man fast tanks were well armored and armed by the standards of the day, with up to 55mm of frontal armor protection on the turret front. Their armor was not easily defeated by the 3.7 cm armor piercing rounds fired by most German tanks of the period, and the 47mm gun carried by the SOMUAs could break through the armor of anything the Germans had in service in 1940. This along with its good mobility and relatively high speed made the S35 a real threat at least on paper. The downside to the machine was its poor crew ergonomics and a lack of reliable radios. Like most French tanks of the period the SOMUA S35 was hampered by a one-man turret. This meant that the tank commander who occupied the turret was also the loader and gunner of both the main gun and the 7.5mm Reibel MAC31 machine gun mounted alongside the 47mm cannon. This gave the tank commander far too much to do, and if the commander was also a platoon or company commander, the problem simply went from bad to worse. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">SOMUA S35s in two of the eight or more different factory applied camouflage schemes peculiar to the S35s. The markings are for vehicles belonging to the 1e DLM. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">These particular models are all repainted diecast SOMUA S35s from China. I was able to procure these through several China based EBay sellers about six or so years ago. Now they're like hen's teeth to find, and being sold at a premium price, so clearly I got very lucky indeed!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Due to a lack of sufficient unit insignia and tactical number decals, I finished out my SOMUAs as best I could with what was on hand. Eventually I will retrofit the missing numbers and insignia once I manage to locate suitable decals, and will add extra detailing in the form of enhancing the outlines of the various hatches and vision port visors. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">An alternate camouflage scheme. This particular one was from an earlier batch of SOMUA S35s delivered to 1DLM. I plan to go back and redo the cockades (roundels) with a newer, better quality replacements as soon as I can procure them. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The camouflage pattern is cribbed from a recent reconstruction of the paint scheme used on the Lorraine 28 4x6 troop carriers used by 1e DLM in May-June 1940. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Happily most of the old decals were still in more or less working order...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Interestingly enough, due to equipment shortages the French Army of 1939-40 requisitioned hundreds of civilian cars to make up the difference. Most were used in various secondary and higher echelon command roles, but a number of them were also used by motorized reconnaissance units to transport the M1914 Hotchkiss heavy machine guns due to shortages of the standardized motorcycle sidecar combinations. </span></b></div>
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AMR35. French sentry is an FAA figure.</div>
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A pair of AMR35s armed with the 13.2mm Hotchkiss heavy machine gun.</div>
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AMR35s showing off their marticules (military license plate numbers). These were Aleran decals<br />
of late 1990s vintage that for the most part happily still worked after all of these years!<br />
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Top view of the AMR35s.</div>
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Rear view of the AMR35s. Note the asymmetric layout of the enlarged turrets to accommodate the bulky Hotchkiss heavy machine gun.</div>
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Top view of the AMR35s showing off their fetching multicolored camouflage paint scheme.</div>
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AMR35 ZT-3 chasseur de char (tank hunter). A unique little vehicle -only 10 were ever made!- <br />
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turreted AMR35 ZT-2 chasseur de char. Like the ZT-2 the ZT-3 carried a 25mm antitank gun and a<br />
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Head on view of the AMR35 chasseurs de chars.</div>
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Side view of the little French panzerpunchers showing off their individual names and the unit<br />
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Rear view. The use of the roundel is speculative on my part. As of this writing I have not seen <br />
more than two (2) photos of the ZT-3 in existence. The use of such roundels was commonplace on<br />
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Ready to defend La Belle France against the onrushing panzers.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Just a quick alert here, that Google for whatever reason is preventing me from replying to your comments about the work featured in my latest post. This is not the first time that Google in it's high school groupthink wisdom has decided to make the life of an Apple computer user miserable for no good reason. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I am indeed grateful to you all who continue to visit my blog, and most recently to DonM, mattblackgod, Moiterei_1984, and Jay August for your kind words about my latest bits of #recyclingwithavengeance madness. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I don't yet know what the precise issue is, but as is their matter of course, Google remains unavailable for comment, and Blogger is mysterious in its ways. One way or another, sooner or later, I will find the solution to this problem, and we can resume normal communications as before. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Meanwhile buckle up, people! That sound you just heard was just the reactor firing up! We open up the throttles in ten, nine, eight, seven... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello from the distant fringes of Known Space! Yes, I've been a bad little sophont not keeping up this blog, so as a first step in restarting the fun and making some small amends to you who remained faithful, here's a visual montage of some of the assorted projects I've completed during my hiatus away from here and Over There in Social Media Land (aka those dens of iniquity known as FaceBook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter), and all for your viewing pleasure:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So there you have it, Space Possums.... I'm baaaaaack! Mwahahahahaahaaaaaaaa!! RUN!! RUUUNNN!!!! RUUNNN!!! MWAHAHAHAAHAAAAA!!!! RUUUUNN!!!</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-84018045142169663582018-12-03T23:54:00.004-08:002018-12-03T23:54:46.605-08:00Eye Candy Update!<span style="font-size: large;">OK. So it's been too damn long, so no yikkity-yakkity. Just assorted fun stuff for your consideration, starting with a hardened surface level elevator entrance for an underground military base made from the vacu-form plastic packaging for a light bulb:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A series of zero-g habitation units and installations representing an asteroid mining colony taken over by a gang of space pirates. This will be used for upcoming Silent Death demo games starting this month where the combat will take place *inside* of a hollowed out planetoid. The primary structure components were empty dental floss containers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A tramp space freighter for Silent Death converted from the Soyuz module tat came with the old Revell kit of the Mir space station:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> An anti-grav gunship drone made from a plastic refrigerator magnet from Ikea and assorted weapons from the spares boxes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dead computer mice make for excellent anti-grav vehicle projects:</span><br />
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<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-66838230236693107812017-05-31T23:51:00.006-07:002017-05-31T23:51:54.346-07:00Looooooong Overdue, But Here's Somethin' New!<span style="font-size: large;">Well, some odds, sods, and such to give you all some eye candy to enjoy! Been so busy on multiple fronts I could scream!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So enough with the kvetchin'! Here's some fun stuff, starting with some late 1970s vintage "large 25mm scale" sci-fi miniatures, the first purpose-made figures for the classic Garrison Miniatures Traveller sci-fi RPG. The first figures are "Full Battle Dress" powered armor troopers armed with the infamous Fusion Gun, Man Portable 15 (aka, FGMP-15). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some battle robots from the Garrison Traveller line armed with a VRF Gauss Rifle IIRC my Traveller firearms lore...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now for something completely different! Inspired by Sebastian Klapdor's excellent work that brought the classic fantasy skirmish system Bladestorm! into the 21st century, I've been painting up and/or refurbishing old figures for Bladestorm! skirmish action. In no particular order, I present you with a mix of RAFM Miniatures, Reaper Miniatures both metal and Bones plastic, Ral Partha, and Menhir Games fantasy figures for your consideration...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amazon battle sisters face the dreaded Frog Demon! Reaper Bones Frog Demon, Reaper Amazon hero in foreground, old Ral Partha '80s vintage Amazon in background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having slain the foul demon, the sisters-in-arms find themselves up against the dreaded Oooftah the Swamp Troll King! Reaper Bones troll, a real bargain monster for the cost, and a pleasure to paint the great, howling brute...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bugbears! I love me some Bugbears ever since I played AD&D in high school back in the 1970s! Big, mangy, mean, and strong, just the thing to keep those unruly lesser goblinoid minions in line so the evil wizard can concentrate on important matters like summoning a demon or counting his gold...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That Reaper Bones Frog Demon again. Just too cute 'n cuddly, this 'un! I based the paint scheme on a Red-Eyed Tree Frog...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Uh, oh! The Frog Demon and Oooftah the Troll are having a spat over whose turf is it anyway?! Everybody better take cover...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Classic RAFM Miniatures minotaur. Still available from those most Canadian folks up at RAFM, and even now this 80s-vintage piece still has some presence and old school menace worthy of a brutal guardian of a wizard's lair...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A closer look at Oooftah the Troll. He really is one big, bad brute of a troll even by troll standards...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oooftah squares off against a party of adventurers! A Menhir Games dwarf and elf assist a lone Amazon against this scaly, nasty, vulgar, uncouth menace...</span><br />
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A closeup of Oooftah and the Amazon...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Oooftah again with another Amazon. The Ral Partha figure had an excellent detail feature, a black widow spider motif on the shield that was a real pleasure to paint...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Oooftah again, this time going head-on with a Menhir Games Lizardman Champion...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, in the spirit of Recycling With A Vengeance, I present you with a pair of anti-grav battle tanks done in the classic Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader manner, as Predator tank proxies the way we old timers got things done before there were all of those fancy specialty model kits you young spratlings take for granted these days! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So. I started with am empty plastic sliced cheese container...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Added a turret made from an empty plastic Apple headphone case made redundant by the fact that those @#$@%@%!!! Apple Smartphone earbud sets always break down after a couple of months of normal use...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Assorted plastic rhinestones, some plastic beads, assorted Lego bits from a garage sale....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some more rhinestones, some more Legos, some specialty injection moulded plastic gatling gun barrels from HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com). Add a coat of acrylic craft paints... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some classic 1st edition Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader decals from the original Rhino APC model kit of the 1980s, plus others from my spares box...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And there were enough identical parts for two of 'em, too! So waste not, want not...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some weathering...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And another of the old Garrison Traveller figures for scale (more pix of those to come later!)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that concludes this long overdue eye candy update! More to follow as I get back into the swing of things in the coming weeks and months, as yes, I have a cunning plan... Mwahahahahahaaaaaa!!! Ta! </span><br />
<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-13011474168803772052016-01-02T16:38:00.005-08:002016-01-02T16:38:45.496-08:00So You Saw These in the Background in the Last Installment...<span style="font-size: large;">...And I finished them up in the mean time since, and added a few more things to my workbench over the holidays while I was at it! So without further ado 'bout somethin' somethin', here they be for your consideration...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We begin with a pair of the S-Model 1/72 scale Hotchkiss H-35 kits shown during various stages of production...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I based their paint schemes off of the latest color plate reconstructions found in Francois Vauvillier's superb book <u>The Encyclopedia of French Tanks and Armoured Vehicles 1914-1940</u>, and Erik Barbanson's no less elegantly finished and presented Chars et Blindes de Cavalerie, 1939-1940: La ire DLM au Combat from the same publisher. Both books are full of information and the color plates alone make them well worth the investment:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hotchkiss H-35 in particular is a rather important little tank as far as the French Army of May-June 1940 was concerned, as they had been forced upon the cavalry in the run-up to WW2 by General Gamelin as a convenient stop-gap design until the larger, better armed and protected SOMUA S-35 cavalry tank could be produced in sufficient numbers. As it turned out, the underpowered and poorly-armed little H-35s were sent into combat in May 1940 as they still constituted half of the tank strength of two of the three of France's Divisions Legere Mechanique (DLMs). Despite their drawbacks the French tankers put up a spirited fight in their little machines during those fateful six weeks in 1940, and despite the poor anti-armor performance of their short-barreled 37mm 18SA cannons, managed to take out a share of the panzers knocked out during the fighting especially during the first major tank vs. tank actions of WW2 in the Gembloux Gap region of Belgium. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An effort was made to improve the anti-armor capability of the French light tanks before the war began in earnest by upgunning them with a longer-barreled model of the 37mm 18SA as seen in this photo from Monsieur Vauvillier's informative tome:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The photo also shows a significant structural characteristic of the H-35 that distinguishes it from the later H-38/39 model, the sloping engine deck. The H-35 had a smaller, less powerful engine than the later improved model. This along with elaborate factory-supplied camouflage schemes distinguished the H-35 from its more automotively powerful sibling:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The H-35 also served in other formations, including the hybrid Divisions Legere de Cavalerie (DLCs), which were half horse cavalry and half mechanized cavalry formations, a transitional force if ever there was one. The DLCs were meant to fulfill the traditional scouting and screening role of horse cavalry divisions from wars past, however interwar budgetary penury and political squabbles coupled with irrational complacency within some quarters of the French Army command and policymaking structure meant that the transition was never completed by the time the German invasion began:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like most French tanks of the period, the Hotchkiss H-35s and H-38/39s sported a wide variety of factory-supplied and even unit-level modified paint schemes. This variance could even manifest itself within individual tank platoons as older machines were lost through combat or mechanical attrition and new replacement machines hastily finished were rushed to the front. Further changes to the appearance of H-35s was found in the attempts at modernizing the little tanks with better optical equipment such as the turret episcopes. The original episcopes looked like a pair of binoculars, while the later, less vulnerable optics were of the slit variety. The new episcope panels were generally left in monotone Army green (vert armee), causing them to stand out from the more elaborate original paint camouflage scheme colors as seen on the lower H-35:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A further attempt to upgrade the H-35s was the addition of an unditching tail to assist in crossing trenches or large ditches, a throwback to the First World War vintage Renault FT-17 which the H-35 along with the Renault R-35 was a direct lineal descendant, essentially an FT-17 built using 1930s technology and design aesthetics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most awkward part of the build was the photo-etched brass parts, specifically the two-part towing/lifting eyes and tools. The rearview mirror proved too fragile to remain on the kit, so when I went to build the first of the S-Model H-38/39s, I left the towing/lifting eyes and rearview mirror off entirely to save what was left of my shredded sanity! Here's the first of my S-Model H-38/39s:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I built this as an "H-38" aka "Hotchkiss Model 1935 Light Tanks, as Modified 1939" mounting a short-barrelled 37mm 18SA to use the full and proper moniker. This was a substantial improvement over the poor, little H-35 by virtue of the fact that the H-38/39 was equipped with a 120 horsepower engine rather than the underpowered 75 horsepower putt-putt motor of the original design. The simpler camouflage scheme was used almost exclusively</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">on the later H-38/39 model</span><span style="font-size: large;"> tanks from the very beginning as nearly as I've been able to determine. Steven Zaloga's classic Blitzkreig volume covering the colors and markings of tanks and AFVs from this period interpreted the various black and white photographic references and then-available written documentation to produce a sprayed-on three color finish of a more yellow ochre, drab brown, and army green, however I am inclined to chalk his interpretations in that volume to the risks inherent in trying to make heads and tails out of old black and white photographs when the written primary source records are far from complete (or even accurate). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hotchkiss H-38/39s equipped the 3e DLM in time for the German invasion, and saw extensive combat during the course of the campaign. They were also thrown into combat in the hastily organized Groupes Franc formations, which were ad hoc raiding forces made up of whatever transportation and armored fighting vehicles could be thrown together and sent into combat to try and stem the tide of the German panzers. The final definitive version was supposed to sport the unditching tail and long barreled 37mm main gun, but in practice this didn't always come to pass, so again there was a degree of variance in appearance from one unit of H-38/39s to the next:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I mentioned above, the tow/lift eyes are all two part photo-etched parts along with the rearview mirror and in the case of the H-38/39, so is the muffler cover (which has to be bent to conform to the shape of the muffler(!!!). I therefore opted to leave off the tow/lift eyes and rearview mirror to save time and frustration, and did a quick, crude bending job on the muffler cover as I couldn't seem to scare up an appropriately sized and shaped object to use as a more accurate former. The unditching tail also posed problems as the two outermost support struts are VERY fragile, so I wound up replacing those with some lengths of plastic Christmas wreath faux pine needles cut to length:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pushed the envelope as much as I dared with this H-38 in terms of the markings I used, going for the full ensemble of tactical numbers, cockades, and platoon markings. All of the models were painted mainly with assorted water based acrylic craft paints, but with some Vallejo thrown in along with some neutral tint drawing ink for picking out details and shading. All were sealed with Testor's Dullcote once the decals were dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall these new S-Model kits are good value for the money and otherwise are fast assembly kits if you don't get hung up on the fiddly photo-etched parts. The suspension and tracks are single pieces, and the biggest caveat of either is the vision blocks for the turret on the H-35. These are moulded on the turret supplied with the H-38/39, but are separate on the H-35 and being so small and awkwardly shaped are exceptionally fiddly to try and handle. I lost one in fact and had to improvise a replacement for the victim of my old age clumsiness, and took the opportunity to represent a transitional vehicle with one episcope replaced and the long-barreled 37mm main gun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That said I recommend these kits to anyone who needs to build up their 1940 French wargame army in 1/72 scale. The H-35 in particular is a machine peculiar to the French Army of 1940, as few survived in any combat capacity after the French Campaign was over, yet the type equipped two of the principle French mechanized divisions and did plenty of hard fighting in Belgium and during the retreat to Dunkirk. The H-35 also turned up as I mentioned previously in the ranks of the DLCs and in two infantry tank battalions. Coupled to the colorful camouflage schemes found on these little tanks, the presence of a platoon of H-35s in one's 1940 French wargame army is a must-have, and these new kits from S-Model are well worth the cost, time, and effort to build and paint, as the end results can be a real riot of color on the tabletop.</span></div>
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<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-17555497493934563642015-12-13T20:35:00.003-08:002015-12-13T20:35:56.087-08:00The Latest 15mm Madness: Finished and Based and Ready for Action!<span style="font-size: large;">As promised, shots of the finished Dread Cheddar Wedges of Death otherwise known as the new 15mm anti-grav AFVs from Darkest Star Games based on one of my original kitbashed creations! So, without further adieu about nothing:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the two new panzerknackers alongside one of the original kitbashed anti-grav panzerknackers for comparison:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And one of the new APCs besides its creative ancestor:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am very pleased with the way that Darby was able to translate my kitbashed original through 3D into this new family of modular combat machines. These are available now through Darkest Star Games, and Darby has assured me that there will be more designs forthcoming based upon my kitbashing madness featured on this blog, so stay tuned to your TBD receivers for future announcements and other feats of creative madness and derring-do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and silly me! Here's the link to the Darkest Star Games website: </span><a href="http://www.darkeststargames.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.darkeststargames.com</span></a>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-38826835359684748762015-12-06T23:40:00.004-08:002015-12-07T23:55:01.228-08:00Various and Sundry On and Off the Workbench!<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the first installment of a photo tour of what's been a-cookin' on my workbench and rolling off to the Great Outdoors of our little patio to be sprayed with Testor's Dullcote for your amusement and consideration! We begin with what happens when one of my original kitbashed creations meets modern 3D computer modeling skill and technology, the end result of Darby Eckles of Darkest Star Games taking a fancy to my 15mm scale cheese wedge-shaped heavy anti-grav panzerknackers and deciding that they were the perfect basis for the armored support for a new canid alien race he's been planning for a while now...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see I wasted no time in assembling the four samples Darby sent me, two apiece of the panzerknacker and APC variants. Each is cast in only four (4) separate parts, two ball mounted gatling guns, a sensor/targeting array for the commander's cupola, and a frontal mounted weapon system consisting of either a twin gatling gun and smoke grenade dischargers, or one of three possible weapon choices for the panzerknacker: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides the hypervelocity rail gun I chose to mount on my two shiny new panzerknackers, there was a conventional style main gun barrel and a heavy rocket-boosted howitzer option included in each kit. I designed the original trio of wedge-of-gouda shaped AFVs with two conventional gun-armed tank destroyers and a single heavy howitzer model, and outlined my creative vision to Darby that the machine is essentially an extraterrestrial anti-grav analogue to the WW2 era German Army self-propelled assault gun family built on the ubiquitous Panzerkampfwagen IV tank chassis:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I developed the pattern by borrowing elements of design from both the late WW2 German camouflage patterns prevalent on their tanks and AFVs near the end of the war, and the patterns found on French tanks from the early period of the same conflict. I added an extra layer of extraterrestrial authenticity thanks to my being a hoarder of decals from models and projects past, in this case some very effective Zentraedi insignia from Macross kits some 25 years ago and kept until the right project just happened to come along:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here the Fearsome Anti-Grav Foursome receive their mandatory coating of Testor's Dullcote flat spray finish to seal the models and blend the decals into the paint work along with yet more space fighters for Silent Death and a pair of the new S-Model 1/72 scale Hotchkiss H-35 fast build kits:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As far as I am concerned Darby has done an excellent job of interpreting the original kitbashed models and translating them into their new, resin incarnations, in a number of ways I would say better than the originals! The triangular shape really lends itself to conveying an very non-human take on just how to best arrange the target profile of an AFV from a non-human perspective, particularly that of a canid alien evolved from a pack hunting social carnivore. As these were drying I was assembling the bases for these anti-grav hunter-killers using some pre-cut oval wood plaques from Michael's craft store, some plastic bottle caps, and white Tacky Glue. Some paint and flock, and the next shots will showcase the models on their bases along with the original kitbashed creation that served as Darby's physical guide through this project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So stay tuned, Space Possums, as there's more to come....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">EDIT: For those of you interested in these marvelous little nasties, here's the link to Darkest Star Games: <a href="http://www.darkeststargames.com/">http://www.darkeststargames.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All kinds of fun stuff to be had from this growing line of 15mm sci-fi goodness! >;)</span><br />
<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-51146961207653096502015-11-20T22:59:00.002-08:002015-11-20T22:59:19.530-08:00A Quick Update: Finished the Beastie!<span style="font-size: large;">I did! I did! I did! And ain't she a purdy beastie, seen here in the kitchen the night I finished the paint scheme and cleaned up the detailing:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I promise I'll get some better pix shot and posted as soon as possible, as I am eager to break this nasty brute in as a 10,000 ton torpedo-heavy destroyer for Silent Death: The Next Millennium...</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-40416526318112973472015-09-10T23:10:00.005-07:002015-09-10T23:10:22.536-07:00...And Then There Were More Starships!<span style="font-size: large;">Yup. As the 70s rolled along into the 80s more variety crept into the starship miniatures available, including the Space Squadrons 2998 series from Grenadier Miniatures. While I did manage to acquire the boxed set I never managed to get enough of the ships to really satisfy me desire for a galaxy conquering armada thanks to my measly allowance and the then perennial problem of not having found either a satisfactory set of rules for starship miniatures combat that was generic enough to allow me to design my own ships nor the dratted basic problem of how to base the ships themselves and make them look good! So alas, I lost interest, and eventually sold off the Space Squadron 2998 ships that I did have to my eventual and eternal regret, but I did manage to retain a handful, a pair of the sleek Aurora class strike cruisers, the minelayer which remains to this day I think the best starship miniature of its class ever, and the repair tender which I have buried in storage at the moment so I'll have to post a shot or two on a later date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here in all their late 70s early 80s glory are the Auroras painted and based as New Anglian Confederation strike cruisers for Full Thrust, and the minelayer based as a generic enough human vessel ready to muck up the spacing lanes with a whole passel of 600 gigaton space mines ready to slide off the racks:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later in the 1980s along came some very fetching plastic kits from Japan into the local hobby shop, and among them were some small, relatively inexpensive plastic kits of various starships from the classic anime Space Battleship Yamato. Here I thought might be a means to revive my space combat gaming hopes and aspirations. I collected quite a number during this period, but alas, the twin problems of no acceptable rules and no acceptable bases mitigated once again to drive me back to focusing on ground combat and using up the majority of my cheap plastic starship kits as parts for other kitbashing projects of a sci-fi ground combat nature (and several of them made great Lascannons or Plasma Cannon conversion fodder!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then along came Full Thrust to my great delight, and with the added bonus that some extremely clever 12-point cast metal starship flight bases complete with clearly marked 90-degree rear arcs were also being produced by Geo-Hex to coincide with their newly achieved status as the official U.S. licensed manufacturer of the Ground Zero Games metal ship models and distributor of the game itself! I could buy the flight bases separately, the game was generic and included a handy ship design system! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further joy came in the form of Silent Death 1st edition, so now I could play either at the fleet level with the big dawgs, or down and dirty at the space fighter dogfight level to my heart's content! So I forged ahead, building up my fleets again and ever vigilant for new and adaptable starship models. As it turned out, those handy little Space Battleship Yamato models were getting set for a return, and in a manner I did not suspect but would be very happy about upon discovery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Know in Japan as gashopon ("capsule toys"), these came in a sealed box assortment, and sure enough Space Battleship Yamato was experiencing a renaissance of sorts due to an anniversary of the first release of this classic anime, so not one but several sets of assorted starships and fighters from the series came out in pre-painted preassembled assortments. By this point we had the internet, and further there was the sterling mail order service of HobbyLink Japan (http://www.hlj.com). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did not hesitate, and upon receiving my first shipment and discovering that the lion's share of the models were hard plastic and therefore eminently suitable as wargaming models, I proceeded to repaint them all to make them my own, and fulfill my mad dreams of a galaxy-conquering armada to call my own! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are many of those splendid Space Battleship Yamato mini kits and gashopon adapted to serve as my armada from the Imperial Terran Space Navy, the defenders of all things Terrestrial, Civilized, and Imperial in the spirit of the creative visions of H. Beam Piper, Gordon R. Dixon, Poul Anderson, Keith Laumer, and Robert A. Heinlein for your consideration and enjoyment:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something old and something new! The latest version of the Garmillas tri-deck carrier from Yamato 2199 Mecha Colle from Bandai, and the 70s vintage Garmillas tri-deck carrier form the original Space Battleship Yamato anime! The newer tri-deck carrier is thinner and less imposing than the original, but the latest in plastic mould tooling technology and CAD capabilities has resulted in a kit just dripping with detail even at this tiny scale so wonderfully suitable for tabletop wargaming:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Standard EDF battleship of the Borodino class reimagined as an Imperial Terran Navy dreadnought:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main carrier division of my Imperial Terran armada to date! I plan to add two more fleet carriers eventually, and DON'T let Bandai or anyone else release the original EDF carrier dreadnought hybrid, or I'll have another four or six of those while I'm at it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A closer look at the Imperial Terran Navy's latest class of superdreadnought and its attendant heavy cruisers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like wolves ready to charge after their prey, a wedge of Imperial Terran Navy torpedo destroyers ready to surge forward to deliver their deadly cargo of 600 gigaton warhead torpedoes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ever vigilant, the Imperial Terran Navy stands ready to repel the barbarians at the gates! And they don't come much more barbaric that the Entomolian Empire:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's right, I didn't stop with the Terrans and the Carnivorians once Bill Char and Monday Knight Productions brought the classic Superior Miniatures Star Fleet Wars line back to us after so many decades! He in all their brightly colored insectoid menacing glory is my mostly finished Entomalian fleet. I have a half dozen destroyers and a small swarm of the star bombers to finish and base, so for now, they'll just have to make due as a very powerful assault group looking to overrun a border colony on the fringe of the Terran Empire:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Entomalian incursion is repelled after much hard fighting, but the threat to the safety and security of the Terran Empire never ends, as a new aline menace appears! Classic Ground Zero Games Sa'avasku from the Full Thrust optional game universe. These are marvelous biotechnology symbiotic starships, quite literally living starships fully capable of traveling across the vast distances of space and wreaking havoc with their biologically generated energy weapons:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and there's still another fleet, but that, dear readers, is for another time... Stay tuned to your TBD receivers for further news from the fringe of the Known Universe!</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-59734521384029192422015-09-08T23:49:00.000-07:002015-09-08T23:49:33.383-07:00A Long Time Ago in a Hobby Shop Far, Far Away...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Just a sneak peak for those of you who are paying attention to this little blog of mine...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned for further, as this is just the beginning..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">IGOR! WAKE UP THE WORK GANGS, AND BRING ME MY LATEST PLANS OFF MY DESK!! GO ON, GET A'MOVIN' YA SLACKERS!! THERE'S WORK TO DO!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">ZATHRUS!! DON'T JUST STAND THERE, MAN!!! GO TURN THE REACTOR UP TO 200 PERCENT, AND DON'T SPARE THE ISOTOPES!!!!</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-65120921461659112002015-07-24T16:47:00.002-07:002015-07-24T16:47:36.452-07:00More Blasts from the Past: Metal Magic Done Long Ago! <span style="font-size: large;">Yup. Some Metal Magic Space Lords figures I painted up for my friend Paul Ryan roughly 30 years ago, a mix of Wartech SECS Troopers and a trio of Yoydyne Humbe "GELF" ("Genetically Engineered Life Form") troopers for your viewing pleasure:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A group shot of the Wartech SECS Troopers and the civilian space merchant figure painted up as a WH40KRT planetary governor or other personage of importance within the vast Imperium of Mankind. Now, we move on to some closeups from the group:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The uniform and body armor colors in this particular group were inspired by WW2 German Army patterns and colors found on their armored vehicles and the field grey uniforms common throughout the Wehrmacht. I even carried the whole Germanic vibe as far as the prevalence of fair skin tones, blonde hair, and Germanic names for each figure lettered by hand on their bases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up, here's the three Yoydyne Humbe "GELF" troopers, two hand-to-hand specialists and a Humbe packing a "grapeshot cannon" which I take to mean a really large bore single barreled shotgun-type weapon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, that's right, I painted them like a variety of python, and named them after snakes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My reasoning was that they were a blend of human and reptilian genes conveying some tremendous physical strength of a constrictor and the various alleged advantages of human DNA. My hands were so steady and my eyes so keen so long ago I even painted their poison fangs visible in their little mouths...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally in this quick installment, the best of this batch, the Wartech SECS grav bike armed with twin miniguns:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The flight stand is a standard plastic flight stand with an hexagonal base mounted on a steel washer, covered with paint and flock and the upright base spire concealed underneath reindeer lichen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frankly, I think this remains one of the best rendered sci-fi flying bikes of all time, right down to the twin built-in machine guns, the miniguns, and the overall layout especially the way the rider sits on the vehicle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next Episode: More Metal Magic plus More Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Nostalgia, and I mean there is still a lot more to go, so stay tuned to your TBD receivers for the next alert from the fringe of the Known Universe!</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-64097453407897466072015-07-19T21:56:00.001-07:002015-07-19T21:56:38.022-07:00Rogue Trader Nostalgia...<span style="font-size: large;">Over on the Lead adventure Forum more than a few members have been waxing nostalgic over the grimdark whimsy that was the original Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader game universe, indulging their wistful flights of past miniature gaming fancy by dusting off old and forgotten Rogue Trader figures and painting them up using current skill sets and techniques. The end results have been impressive to say the least, and so much so that I myself was not immune to the siren song of nostalgia for sci-fantasy wargames past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roughly 30 years ago I painted a great many figures for quite a few people including my old friend Paul Ryan. We were discussing some various and sundry topics last week and two of my gaming-related brain cells had a collision, and I asked Paul if he still had any of those figures I painted for him so long ago. As it turned out, he didn't have merely some of them, but damn near all of them including the many Rogue Trader era Space Marines, Inquisitors, and other fun things sci-fi and miniature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wasted no time and arranged to set up and execute a photo shoot, to chronicle my work of years past, so here now for your consideration and viewing pleasure are some of the many official and proxy Rogue Trader figures I rendered so long ago when my eyes were young and much keener, my hand much steadier, and my imagination running wild in the grimdark universe of a galaxy at war in the 41st millennium! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We begin with a number of Warzone figures and a wayward Grenadier Miniatures Traveller Vargr figure all adapted to serve as various WH40KRT proxies...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Bauhaus hero adapted as a high ranking Imperial Army officer in carapace armor wielding a Bolter. Within the original Rogue Trader canon Imperial Army officers could and did have access to much better wargear that the hapless enlisted ranks of the vast hordes of lasgun-wielding cannon fodder of the Emperor of Humanity...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up is a Traveller Vargyr adventurer figure from Grenadier Models, repurposed as a faithful Beastman companion to a Rogue Trader:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I replaced the original pistol with a WH40KRT plastic plasma pistol, and painted his vest as a surcoat bearing the sigil of his Rogue Trader master befitting his elevated status as the loyal inner circle minion/bodyguard of so powerful (and eccentric) an archetype of the Rogue Trader canon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up are several more character figures from other manufacturers repurposed as various denizens of the Rogue Trader universe, starting with a junior Imperial Army officer with a bionic eye, Bolter, and Carapace Armor, an Urban War figure who also makes a more than passing Imperial Assassin with the right paint job:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the Warzone heroes of the religious warrior order from that competitor wargame canon, here repurposed as a Rogue Trader wearing Carapace Armor and wielding a Bolter and a Power Axe:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a quartet of Urban War Syntha androids repurposed as generic robot soldiers of the Adeptus Mechanicus, but breveted out to an Imperial Army unit (hence the graffiti courtesy of the wits amongst the rank and file who fought alongside these mechanical servants of the Emperor):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next comes a heroine from the Firefight aka Ion Age line repurposed as an Inquisitor armed with a plasma gun and assorted built in weapon system in her custom-built powered armor suit:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second generation Space Marine Terminators and an Inquisitor in Terminator Armour sporting a bionic leg. The Inquisitor has been finished as an Inquisitor turned Rogue Trader character, while the Terminators are finished in a custom-to-order livery that nearly drove me barking mad to execute back when I was twenty-something, steady of hand and keen of eye:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finished in a connected theme was this Rogue Trader era seated Space Marine vehicle rider figure adapted to serve as a rank and file Space Marine suitable for the wargame table rather than just as an accessory to a finished Rhino APC:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The knocked-out Khornate war robot the Marine is using for a barstool is a Grenadier robot from a boxed set that has been brought back into production along with its fellows by Mirliton of Italy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next comes a bit of Rogue Trader whimsy and a bit of figure ancient history, a Gretchin minefield clearance squad made up of old Citadel Miniatures fantasy goblins kitted out with assorted 1/35 scale cut down white metal muskets and flintlock pistols, and some 1/35 scale plastic WW2 German helmets:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The banner is made from the lead foil that used to be used for sealing wine bottle tops, with some brass wire for the flagpole and crossbar, and a spare white metal skull from Dragontooth Miniatures (IIRC the skull's origins!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This ends the first installment of this photo chronicle. There were no less than five (5) Chessex figure boxes full of painted figures to sort out, and my camera battery gave out on me (#$%@@^!!!!). Even so, I took a great many photos, and the result is that the next installment of this humble blog will be all about the Metal Magic Space Lords figures I rendered for my old Friend Paul, so stay tuned until next time, because in addition to those five storage cases I mentioned, there were other boxes as well, and a castle that has to be seen to be appreciated!</span><br />
<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-56425966261346592352015-06-05T16:58:00.002-07:002015-06-05T16:58:15.705-07:00Confessions of a Shameless Treadhead: Part Trois Le Cold War<span style="font-size: large;">OK. As promised, here's the last batch of photos I shot during my last tour of the collection of the late Jaques Littlefield. This batch covers the Cold War era up to the first Gulf War in its scope, and includes some unusual subjects to say the least showcasing the continuing evolution of the modern armored fighting vehicle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A former Russian-made East German army armored reconnaissance car was also located outside the main buildings, cut away to expose the internal layout of the interior. Even for such a relatively small combat vehicle the interior is cluttered to say the least:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And representing Her Majesty's armored forces outside of the main building was a pair of Gulf War One vintage Alvis FV103 Spartans...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the Big Dawgs on display in the yard was this Israeli M60 Patton tank... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Israelis of course modified this tank to suit their own needs and ideas, including the installation of a mounting bracket for a machine gun over the main gun to use for rapid sighting of the main gun...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most interesting feature of this tank is the actual battle damage that disabled it during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Usually when an historical vehicle is restored any battle damage is repaired at least cosmetically, however the decision was made to leave this bit of battle damage in place as an example of how a shaped-charge warhead actually works. The tiny hole in the left center of the photo at the base of the tow hitch is where a Russian-made RPG-7 rocket propelled anti-tank grenade struck the armor and burned through, gutting the engine in the process and knocking out the tank.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Inside the hall sharing the parking spaces with the previously shown tanks and armored fighting vehicles from the World Wars are more than a few weird and wonderful machines from the Cold War era. Here is a childhood favorite of mine, the EBR-90 armored car with its distinctive eight wheeled suspension incorporating an inner pair of axles with solid steel rough terrain wheels...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The innermost steel rough terrain wheels were on an hydraulic system so they could be raised or lowered depending upon how much traction or speed the vehicle commander of driver needed...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Historically the French Army was a keen early user of armored cars, and this continued through the Cold War (as it does today). The French also exported a respectable number of armored cars to various foreign end users. Among the more commonly exported designs were those from Panhard. The South African Eland 90 seen here is the result of the South African government procuring a production license for the Panhard AML, then developing their own spin-off two-thirds of which was made up of indigenous components. Externally the Eland 90 looks much as its French progenitor, but optimized for operating conditions in Southern Africa:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up is a late 1940s design that just missed combat in WW2, but went on to leave its mark in several postwar conflicts. The Iosef Stalin III was an evolutionary development of Soviet heavy tank designs driven forward in reaction to the menace of the German Panther and Tiger tanks. Mounting a 122mm main gun and featuring an inverted frying pan style turret that came to characterize Cold War Russian tank designs ever since, the IS-III is a menacing machine whose lean lines and big gun hide some significant design and technical shortcomings that only became apparent when the IS-III was used operationally:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the distinctive features of Soviet heavy tanks and assault guns starting with their late WW2-era designs was the fitting of a 12.7mm DShk heavy machine gun on an anti-aircraft mount on the turret roof. Although first developed in 1938 and adopted as the standard heavy machine gun of the Red Army and red Banner Fleet before WW2, the DShk is a weapon that looks almost like a weapon from science fiction with its distinguishing cooling fins running the length of the gun barrel of this massive air-cooled weapon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Western NATO powers reacted to the revelation of the new Soviet heavy tanks (IS-III and later T-10M) by producing their own superheavy tanks sporting massive 120mm main guns to overcome the thick armor of the Soviet heavies. Here is the British answer to the Soviet heavy tank challenge, the Conqueror. This is a rare machine indeed, and seen in person close up one can fully appreciate the aura of sheer brute power and mass of this beast. I was struck by the sensation as I stood looking over this tracked <i>kaiju</i> up close and personal that it practically shouted "HEAVY!" in a deep, mechanical bass voice:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Ever seeking an advantage in the technological arms race that was the Cold War, the U.S. Army concluded in the 1960s that a guided missile was the best means of knocking out a heavily-armored Soviet main battle tank, so they cooked up the 152mm MGM-151 Shillelagh gun/missile combination. Able to fire both the MGM-151 missile and a 152mm caseless shell, the weapon proved troublesome as a matter of course. The weapon was first mounted in the M551 Sheridan, then later applied to the M60 in a revised turret designed to accommodate the new weapon and deduce its target profile at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dubbed the "Starship," the M-60A2 was not a particularly successful design. First entering service in 1974, the "Starships" were phased out of service in 1980:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The West German Bundeswehr needed an armored personnel carrier, and went one better developing the sleek and effective Marder Infantry Combat Vehicle, (IFV), setting the standard that all armored infantry combat transport vehicles have had to follow ever since. Featuring a low profile remote control weapons fit that included a 20mm auromatic cannon, a 7.92mm machine gun, and smoke grenade launchers, the vehicle has like the M60 "Starship" an almost science fiction quality to its design aesthetic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Necessity is the mother of invention, and the Israelis being ever practical creatures were quick to marry necessity to WW2-vintage U.S. surplus M4 Sherman tanks and create a stable of unique modernized M4s fitted with extra equipment and heavier, more modern main guns to give their tankers a fighting chance with the more modern Russian tanks being used by their Arab nation opponents. Note the extra armor plates welded in front of the hull over the driver's and radio operator's stations, the additional external stowage, and the French 90mm main gun adapted from the weapon found on the AMX-13 light tank also used by the IDF:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A sad sight! This is what happens when the sublime is taken to the ridiculous in legislating. These .50 cal. heavy machine guns were being rendered almost into little better than junk to satisfy very specific federal requirements to ensure the weapons could never be used for their original purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To me this is a reasonable precaution taken to an extreme that shows neither respect for the importance of preserving historical artifacts nor simple common sense, as far less effort would have done the job to render these guns permanently inoperable:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've saved one of the best of the collection for last, a real bruiser of a super heavy tank, the M103 Heavy Tank designed like its British counterpart the Conqueror as a reaction to the Soviet IS-III and T-10M heavy tanks. Mounting a massive 120mm main gun that was so hefty it required a massive turret and a second loader to help handle the shells for this armor-smashing brute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An unsuccessful machine in many ways, the M103 soldiered on into the 1960s, finding its way into the hands of the U.S. Marine Corps in the fine old tradition of the Army handing the Marines their hand-me-down weapons, this example has been restored to include its original turret art from its last days as a Marine Corps vehicle:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, showcased in the parking lot of the main buildings is a machine that nearly got the late Jaques Littlefield in some serious hot water with the U.S. Customs and federal law enforcement authorities when it turned up on the docks here in the U.S.! This Scud mobile missile launcher was in fact a perfect non-functioning copy of an operational Scud, being designed to train the maintenance crews of the Scuds, so every (non-functional) component had to be visually identical to the working version, and in precisely the exact same place in relationship to all the other bits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say, when this beastie arrived on the docks, all kinds of alarms went off, and Jaques had to do some explaining even though IIRC he'd already briefed his contacts of what precisely was coming and no, it does NOT actually work, so everybody remain calm!</span></div>
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<br />BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-50178690125080212562015-05-18T00:12:00.002-07:002015-05-18T00:12:22.480-07:00Confessions of a Shameless Treadhead: Part Deux<span style="font-size: large;">OK, as promised, here's the rest of the best of my photos taken during my last foray into the collection of the late Jaques Littlefield covering the Second World War. These photos pick up where I left off with the beginning of WW2; because of the sheer volume of photos I have to sift through, I will cover the Cold War era to the present day in another post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say I remain as saddened by Jaques's passing as I am the breaking up and dispersal of his magnificent collection, however I feel quite privileged indeed having been able to visit it as I did one last time, and share these photos with all of you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So without further ado, for your consideration, we begin with some of the first tanks to enter the Second World War from American factories, and some of their British contemporaries. Firstly, an M3 Stuart light tank in all of its diminutive feisty glory:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two Stuarts outside the main facility, with a large depot of assorted AFVs and military vehicles awaiting restoration work:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's an M3 Lee, followed by a shot taken through the open side hull access door showing off "the office" that was the driver's station and the 75mm main gun in its sponson mount:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Another M3 sans turret but showing off to good effect the exceptional height of the vehicle's hull and riveted construction:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the side access door off the same M3 (thick as a safe door and just as heavy), and another view of the 75mm main gun's breach mechanism and driver's seat:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And another M4 this one with the cast hull and added applique plates on the hull sides:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next is a Sherman Jumbo mounting a 105mm howitzer and much heavier armor suitable for its close support assault role:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The armor thickness is particularly impressive to say the least:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a later iteration of the Sherman Jumbo assault variant. Again, the thick armor protection is quite impressive:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile in England, the British Army needed armored cars for reconnaissance duties, and this Humber is one of their indigenous answers to that requirement:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Staghound is a later design used by the British Army, sporting a heavier armament than the Boys anti-tank rifles and machine guns of earlier British designs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the U.S. Army had ideas of its own, and after a bit of a failed start with the White M3 Scout car, the M8 Greyhound and its M20 Utility Car variant were the definitive American answer to the question of wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles during WW2:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first all wheel drive German answer to the same problem was the Sdkfz 222 4-Rad light armored car. The Example here is I was told previously only one of two restored examples in the world and the only such vehicle in running order:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early on the German Army realized that they needed a dedicated assault gun to support the infantry in fighting against prepared positions and built up areas. The result was the Sturmgeschutz III, a 7.5 cm howitzer mounted in a fixed armored casemate on a Panzerkampfwagen III chassis. A successful enough design for its original intended purpose, the Stug III was adapted out of expediency into a tank destroyer role as the war turned against Germany. The version seen here is a definitive enough model, armed with the 7.5 cm high velocity anti-tank gun and spaced armor to defend against hollow-charge anti-tank rockets and magnetic shaped charges:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As things turned sour on the Eastern Front in the contest between German infantry and Soviet armor, the Germans were immediately confronted with the problem of their infantry having the means to handle Russian heavy armor especially the KV-series of heavy tanks and the growing numbers of the revolutionary T-34/76 medium tanks. The standard German anti-tank gun in service in 1941 when the German invasion of the Soviet Union began was the 3.7 cm Pak 36, a weapon that had already shown its severe limitations in the French Campaign the summer before. While the new and more powerful 5 cm Pak 38 was starting to come into service in time for Operation Barbarossa, there were simply not enough of them to go around. Shortfalls in Pak 38 availability were made up in part by the expedient of employing several hundred of the excellent French 47mm Puteaux Mle37 anti-tank gun captured during the Battle of France, but these and a smaller number of ex-Czech 4.7cm weapons were simply not enough to begin to replace the obsolescent Pak 36.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the initial shock of the early encounters between Pak 36 and Russian heavy armor had sunk into the heads of the disbelieving German brass, they made haste to push forward the development of the 7.5 cm Pak 40. But again, necessity mixed with production shortfalls and immediate battlefield demands is the ultimate high speed mother of invention. The German brass came up with a short-term solution to try and meet the demands of the hard-pressed German infantry for a more powerful anti-tank gun, a simple enough expedient of taking advantage of a huge stock of captured French M1897 field guns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the M1897 as its model number implies was a pre-WW1 design, these venerable horse-drawn weapons were still quite lethal as more than a few German panzers discovered the hard way first in Poland in 1939, then during the Battle of France the following year. Possessing a high rate of fire and capable firing both high explosive and a useful armor piercing round, the French M1897 was married by German ingenuity to a Pak 38 split trail gun carriage, and fitted with a perforated muzzle break to reduce the weapon's normally fierce recoil. The results speak for themselves as seen here in this rare restored example of the 7.5 cm Pak97/38:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Prior to the introduction of a more powerful dedicated anti-tank gun the German solution to the problem of Allied tanks with armor too thick for the little Pak 36 to crack was provided by the Luftwaffe flak units accompanying the divisions as they advanced. When a French Char B1bis or British Mathilda II came calling, the German infantry had been in a real bind in 1940. The expedient solution was to call in Stukas if they were available, or more frequently to employ 10.5 cm light field howitzers firing armor piercing shells over open sights or bring up the big 8.8 cm Flak guns, the big, bulky versions with the "barndoor" gun shield as seen in this impressive example in the Littlefield collection:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course a big gun takes a big tractor to move it, and this is the standard vehicle used by the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht to tow the famous "88:"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This particular halftrack was the very same one used in the movie The Dirty Dozen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The U.S. Army used the 6 Pounder as our own 37mm weapons were instantly found to be no more useful than the 2 Pounder against the German panzers in North Africa. Then the Germans introduced the Tiger I in the fighting for Tunisia, and the British and American armies scrambled to try and up the ante. We came up with the 3-inch anti-tank gun shown here maddeningly enough covered by a tarp:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the U.S. Army had its own way of doing things, so they came up with the idea that tanks were not to be engaged by other tanks, but by tank destroyers. The definitive model of the U.S. Tank Destroyer concept was this, the M36 Jackson:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea of a dedicated tank destroyer was not uniquely an American invention per se, as other countries developed and even deployed in combat fully tracked, partially or fully armored self propelled anti-tank guns. Further, expedient designs were very quick to crop up in the aftermath of the initial German successes in Poland and France, and here is one such example, a British 2 Pounder anti tank gun mounted on a Bren Gun Carrier chassis:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sheer vulnerability of the gun crew alone would have been bad enough, but the thin armor and limited onboard ammunition stowage capacity would have made this vehicle a very dubious solution indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Germans kept on with their expedient use of the panzerjager or assault gun concept. Perhaps one of the more iconic of the late war German expedient designs that turned out to be quite effective despite its limitations was the Hetzer ("Baiter") built on the Czech 38t light tank chassis:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always did like the Hetzer's pugnacious look, and I knew it was small, but to be up close to one is to appreciate just how cramped and uncomfortable it must have been to be packed into a Hetzer with two other grown men under combat conditions. The situational awareness inside the Hetzer was if memory serves correct rather poor as well due to the cramped quarters and limited vision ports and optics. Even so, the little Hetzer was well designed in terms of its sloped armor, low target profile, and decent 7.5 cm main gun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The race between armor thickness and gun power was waged on both sides. As bigger guns showed up, tanks got thicker armor, got bigger guns, and got bigger in many cases as well, especially on the Eastern Front. Here's a closeup of the armor thickness of a British Churchill Infantry Tank:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very quickly on it was appreciated that in order to be fully effective on both the operational and tactical level, tanks had to be supported by infantry and artillery able to keep pace with their advance. To this end the Germans were towing their artillery not with horses but with halftracks such as the one used to move the "88" flak gun above. Their solution to the infantry or dedicated Panzergrenadiers keeping pace with the panzers on the attack was to mount them in armored halftrack personnel carriers. This is one splendid example of the Sdkfz 251 halftrack used by the German Army during World War II, a machine that entered service just before the war began in 1939 and that soldiered on to the very end in 1945 (and a variant built in Czechoslovakia was used postwar by the Czech Army):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like the U.S. Army, the Germans realized the need for a small, general purpose cross country military vehicle that could be used for a variety of roles including reconnaissance. Just as the U.S. Army had the ubiquitous Willys Jeep, the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS had the Volkswagen Kubelwagen, and the Littlefield collection was equally blessed thanks to Jaques's efforts with a splendidly restored example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the Germans had their halftracks, so did the U.S. Army, and like the Germans we developed our own specialized variants, along with fully tracked artillery tractors such as this one:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here's a personal favorite of mine, the M16 Halftrack mounting quad .50 caliber heavy machineguns, just the thing for dealing with Luftwaffe ground attack aircraft and annoying German infantry strongpoints in equal measure:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the German tanks grew still bigger and their armor thicker (and the ubiquitous M4 Shermans and their British counterparts were substantively outclassed by the new Tiger tanks), the race to give the Allied infantry a big enough gun to handle the new threat posed by the German Panther and Tiger resulted in the British 17 Pounder anti-tank gun, a 77mm high velocity weapon that could indeed tackle the Panther and even the Tiger with a fighting chance for success with a well placed shot:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The definitive U.S. response to the threat of the German Tiger and Panther entered combat only at the very end of the war, and only in very limited numbers, yet the M26 Pershing proved its worth time and again, able to match the Tiger I on a more than even footing and dominate the Panther with its high velocity 90mm main gun:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">World War II was a war fought with everything from weapons dating back to the previous century. Nations ranged in their capabilities depending upon their industrial capacity and their ability to innovate rapidly under wartime conditions. The Russian army made due with many of the same weapons used by the armies of the Tsar, including the iconic Russian Sokolov water cooled machine gun on its wheeled carriage:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A far more modern weapon was the 12.7mm Dshk heavy machine gun, also mounted in the characteristic Russian manner on a wheeled carriage:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Imperial Japan like Fascist Italy was not equipped for a modern, mechanized and industrialized war, and her armies made due with weapons that while suitable for punishing poorly-equipped and badly led Chinese armies, were little better than the same sort of horse-drawn weapons used during the First World War:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The nature of the Pacific Theater of Operations led the U.S. Marine Corps to develop specialized amphibious landing tractors known as "Amtracks." While first exclusively troop carriers, these lightly armored amphibious tracked vehicles soon morphed into fire support variants mounting tank or in the case of this example a 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage turret:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, in neutral Sweden, tanks are also developed by the indigenous Swedish armaments industry (and are even built under license in Hungary and used by both Finland and Hungary in small numbers):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Luckily for Sweden, no one violated their neutrality during World War II, so her woefully light and lightly gunned tanks were never forced to try and challenge a German Panzer IV or a Russian T-34/76...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this leads us to the iconic antagonists of the Eastern Front during World War II, the Russian T-34/76 and later T-34/85, and the German Panther tank. An example of each of these machines was a part of the Littlefield Collection, with the Panther in particular holding a pride of place due to its backstory and extensive restoration effort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We therefore begin with the nasty shock to the German Army in 1941, a tank they did not even suspect existed until the first examples were encountered and the truth about Russian "inferiority" in technological innovation was learned the hard way by the hapless German units that had to deal with this new and revolutionary tank design, the T-34/76:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing that I'd read before and that struck me on the spot was the very rough quality of the armor casting on the Russian tanks, with a resultant texture akin to very coarse concrete or even stucco:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clearly the Russian production standard was to churn the tanks out with a required thickness of armor and in as great a number as possible, with such niceties as a smooth finish in metal casting being of secondary consideration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting up close and personal with this Panther as I had done previously when the restoration work had only gotten as far as the completion of the hull and suspension sans turret, engine, and treads, I was already appreciative of how Allied soldiers viewed this imposing armored monster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my uncles had served as a Combat Forward Observer during the German Campaign, and had at least one confrontation with German tanks in combat, an experience that left my Uncle Lloyd marveling at both his luck for surviving the experience and as he put it having "...more guts than brains" as a young G.I. taking on a still dangerous German Army desperately trying to defend German soil:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When first brought in after being recovered from a Polish river bottom, the Panther was without a turret. The original turret had been destroyed by the Russian Army after it had been abandoned in the river, having become stuck hopelessly in the mud during the German Army's retreat before the advancing Red Army. So Jaques's team of restoration experts had to not only clean up, repair, and restore the hull and suspension as much as possible, but build up a new turret from scratch, including all of the bells and whistles as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The exquisite level of workmanship speaks for itself, so much so that we were told by the docent that when some German panther veterans saw the tank, they joked that it was so well restored that it even leaked oil like the originals did (but didn't smell as bad inside!):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Russian answer to the panther was the T-34/85, the wedding of the proven T-34/76 chassis with a new turret mounting a more powerful 85mm gun adapted from a powerful Russian anti-aircraft gun:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The contrast in this view is striking, the diminutive size of the 1930s-vintage Mk. IV Light Tank and the later M5 Stuart, with the menacing bulk of the Panther in the background, showing off its sloped armor and massive bulk supporting a weapon the designers of the Mk. IV Light Tank or Stuart did not think was necessary for a tank to carry (if it was even mechanically practical):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />And just when I thought it was safe to leave at the end of our tour, I happened to slip away from the hawk-eyed docents and slip out a side door, exploring the facility to see what else might be hidden from immediate view. I was not disappointed, as I discovered a rare specialized demolition tank developed by the German Army to defeat heavily-fortified bunkers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The vehicle was designed to drive up to a concrete bunker or fortified position, and drop a massive explosive charge contained in a detachable armored box mounted on the front that was sitting alongside this example in the Littlefield Collection:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I confess I was simply astonished by this discovery, as relatively few of these Borgward IV were made, and only five surviving examples are known to exist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next Installment: The Cold War.</span>BlackWidowPilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09412207015693040956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4948448485994473978.post-88480402123375267762015-05-11T21:08:00.004-07:002015-05-11T21:08:30.258-07:00Confessions of a Shameless Treadhead<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, that's me. A Treadhead. A Rivetcounter. A Tank Geek before there were Geeks and they were cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there's nothing more exciting and invigorating for a creature such as yours truly than to be able to actually get up close and personal with the real tanks and combat vehicles from history that have inspired me since childhood to build model tanks, study history, and make wild and wonderful science fiction creations to storm across the battlefields of the imagination. Such a marvelous and rare opportunity came last year when the collection of restored-as-much-as-possible military vehicles and weapon systems of the late Jaques Littlefield. Mr. Littlefield's family made the decision to auction off most of his collection, while transferring the best of the collection to a foundation back East that would house the vehicles and preserve them for posterity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course those of us Bay Area natives who have appreciated Jaques's efforts and his making his collection available to academics and other interested parties who appreciate such historical machines were more than a little appalled and dismayed, so many of us wasted no time in arranging a last visit or two to tour the collection before it was gone. My old friend and mentor Dr. Sheldon Greaves and I managed to visit the collection one last time, and between us we shot as many photos as we could manage during the course of the tour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jaques's collection contained many a personal favorite, including more than a few machines that I had built scale models of as a child, and quite a few that I still to this day will not hesitate to use as the basis for a sci-fi conversion project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So in no particular order, here for your inspiration and perusal is a selection of the photos I shot during that last afternoon of wonder and awe at these machines of decades past. Whether you're a builder of scale models, a wargamer, or a history buff, I hope that these photos will help illuminate the reality of these often imposing war machines and shed some small light on the nature of technologies past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we begin with the oldest vehicle in the collection, a U.S. 6 Ton Tank M1918, a copy of the French Renault FT-17. The FT-17 is the granddaddy of all modern battle tanks, being the pioneering tank design to employ a revolving turret containing the vehicle's armament and the engine and fuel tanks to the rear of the machine's layout:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moving into the 1920s is this rare civilian Citroen-Kegresse halftrack all terrain vehicle. A French exploratory expedition traversed thousands of miles riding in halftracks very similar to this one during the 1920s, tackling rugged, mountainous terrain and braving Chinese bandits and warlord soldiers among the many challenges such an undertaking had to face. A perfect mount I would dare assert for one's favorite pulp fiction heroes delving into the Lost World or investigating reports of a dread cult worshipping a strange and terrifying octopus god attacking caravans along the Silk Road:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 1930s, where austere budgets imposed by The Great Depression limit the development of tanks to small, light machines little better than the Great War vintage FT-17 and a resurgent Germany begins to rearm for a rematch to avenge the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles. We start with the British Vickers Mk. IV light tank, followed by the Panzerkampfwagen I and the British answer to the new German panzers, the 2 Pounder antitank gun:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last photo shows just how tiny the two-man Panzer I was compared to the five-man Panzerkampfwagen IV. The one man turret of the Panzer I was a further hinderance in combat, as the occupant was overworked as they had to command the vehicle, locate targets, load and fire the machine guns, and operate the radio, and if a unit commander direct the actions of the other tanks under their command:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 1930s also saw the export market for tanks move along as a small but growing concern. A modern army had tanks if at all possible, and many a minor nation was quick to recognize the potential of having even a few tanks if their neighbors did not. A surprising number of short production run tanks and armored vehicles were produced during the 1920s and 30s, and this rare Marmon-Harrington export tank is an excellent example of the adaptation of a commercial tractor chassis suspension and powerplant to try and create a viable tank for the foreign export market:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The holes in the front of the vehicle were for .30 cal. light machine guns. The main armament in the turret consisted of a single 37mm gun covered by a thick armored sleeve. The short track base, thin armor, and poor crew configuration made this vehicle inadequate for any modern operations. Only a relative handful were built and exported.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As tanks grew larger and their armor thicker, the anti-tank rifle firing 12.7mm armor piercing bullets was recognized to being obsolescent, and new, more powerful weapons began to come into service in the later 1930s. This British 2 Pounder "Pop Gun" was fairly typical of the antitank guns of this period, and was by the standards of the day more than capable a weapon against the thin armor of the German panzers it opposed. The 2 Pounder in fact outperformed its contemporaries in its armor piercing capabilities, being able to penetrate thicker armor than the German 3.7 cm Pak 36 and even the heavier French 47mm 37SA Puteaux antitank gun (although the French weapon outclassed all the others thanks to its ability to fire both armor piercing and a useful high explosive shell):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the 1930s end and World War II begins, newer, heavier designs of tank take the field in the first clashes of armor of the conflict. The Matilda II infantry tank is a prime example of both the limitations of the interwar tank designs and the differing doctrines of tanks and their uses. This particular Matilda II is finished in the unique camouflage pattern found on British tanks and military vehicles in the Western Desert Campaign in 1941:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A quickie post to share what I have managed to get done between wrapping up a master's thesis and other mischief and mayhem... remember that really, really, really splendid Garmillas Ship Set from Bandai? Well, there is a bonus model included in that set of three outstanding starships (see previous posts, and oh, the Big Dawg is nearly done at last!)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a really fine little 1/144 scale Garmillas battle tank that is so big in and of itself that in 1/144 scale it's big enough to pass for a small 15mm scale robot tank or light self propelled fire support tank. So here is the lil' beastie all painted up for your consideration, an added bonus to a model starship set that is already a serious bargain at the current Yen to U.S. Dollar exchange rate (see HobbyLink Japan if you want one for yourself and first class customer service!):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fine little critter is tooled so well and thoroughly that she practically built herself just like the much larger starship models in the same box. Bandai's tooling is frankly state of the art, and there new releases show no signs of slackening off on the quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tracks and suspension are hard plastic segments moulded with remarkable precision, so much so that despite the relatively tiny size the kit was a joy to build. The main guns are independently mounted so they can be elevated independently of one another as you can see from the photo. The turret also rotates as well. I added the decals from my spares box, as the kit did not include any markings (and I just can't leave a blank tank turret side unmolested).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The model has been painted entirely by hand as usual, and I used mostly acrylic craft paints from the local Michael's store. I sealed the finish with Testor's Dullcote as is my SOP. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Included with two identical Garmillas destroyers and a dreadnought, the whole set is a serious bargain for the price, and a really handy way of either starting a sci fi wargaming space armada and planetary landing detachment, or adding reinforcements to your galaxy conquering hordes.</span><br />
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